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Rosewater is a clever, deep movie based on the New York Times best-selling memoir Then They Came for Me by journalist Maziar Bahari.

A true story, Rosewater is the screenwriting and directorial debut of The Daily Show host and executive producer Jon Stewart. In a time where freedom of the press is a topical issue and journalists are being detained around the world for doing their job Rosewater showcases the triumph of the human spirit and the fight for freedom of speech.

While covering the 2009 Iranian elections, Bahari, a Canadian Iranian broadcast journalist was wrongfully arrested for treason and detained in Tehran’s Evin prison for 118 days. You can watch the trailer for the film here:

Thanks to Transmission Films we are giving you the chance to win a double pass (valued at $38 each) to Rosewater which is in cinemas nationally February 19.

To enter the giveaway complete the form below answering the question, the film Rosewater is based on the memoir of who? Entries close 15 February 2015.

Wish I Was Here is the new movie directed by and starring Zach Braff. Wish I Was Here is the story of Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, who at 35 is still trying to find his identity; a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he’d always dreamed he’d be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids (ages 5 and 12) and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. The result is some funny chaos, until Aidan decides to scrap the traditional academic curriculum and come up with his own. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn’t find.

Wish I Was Here opens in cinemas tomorrow (September18) and thanks to Transmission Films we have 10 x double in season passes to give away! To win a double pass simply fill in the form below and answer the question: What is the tag line for this film?

This competition has closed. Congratulations to our winners who received their passes in the post.

So, you think your doodle’s got what it takes? Get involved and show the world – it could see you end up in Cape Town, South Africa!

Alright, girls and boys – get your mind out of the gutter. We’re talking about doodle art here. You know, the kind that covers your uni books and study notes? Yes, that’s right! Those scribbles that always got you in trouble during school could end up being your golden ticket to success!

If you think you’re a doodle king or queen, head into any Co-op store and enter the Red Bull Doodle Art competition. The winning entrant will be awarded a one-in-a-million design internship at Red Bull headquarters in Cape Town, which has been appointed as World Design Capital for 2014!

So, what exactly do you need to do? Simply head into any Co-op store on campus, pick up one of the specially marked Red Bull Doodle Cards, grab a pen, doodle away and enter it into the draw! If you can’t kind find the Red Bull submissions area in your store, just ask one of the friendly Co-op staff members. Don’t worry if you’re not able to make it to a Co-op store just jump on to www.redbulldoodleart.com; there you can download the official doodle card and upload your entry for submission.

Red Bull Doodle Art will put together the best doodles in an exhibition that takes place in Cape Town on October 24-26. The winning artwork at the Global Final in Cape Town will be featured in a Red Bull Doodle Art merchandise line, which will be available exclusively in the Red Bull Collection! OMG – how freaking amazing is that?!

Important Info You Need To Know

There will be 20 finalists in Australia, each chosen through social media. The national winner (you’re off to Cape Town!) will be the one who gets the most points, based on style (10 points), creativity (10 points), social media voting (10) and the judges’ opinion (10 points). The application and submission phase in Australia ends at 11:59pm on Sunday 21st September. Three days later, on Wednesday 24th September, the public voting will open until Wednesday 1st October at 11.59pm.

To learn more about the project, visit www.redbulldoodleart.com where you can browse and interact with inspirational pieces of art from around the globe.

What’s the worst situation you’ve ever been locked into? Was it when you were stuck in that share house contract with the weird dude who made towns out of his toenails? Or maybe it was when you had to work that job involving baboon poo, a broom and a unicycle. It might just have been that horrifically long mobile contract that sucked more out of you than the most famished of vampires. Whatever it is, Comobile want to know about it!

Share your story on Comobile’s Facebook, Twitter or Instagram (@comobilechat), add the hashtag #notlockedin and you could WIN a heap of sweet-as prizes with their Not Locked In competition. There’s more than $8,000 worth of prizes in total to give away! So, share your awesome (or awful) tale today and get amongst it! You never know – that crappy situation might just have a very happy ending.

1. Follow @murakami_film on Instagram
2. Create your very own Instagram film inspired by the works of Haruki Murakami. Videos must be no longer than seven seconds
3. Post with the inspiring title, theme or motif. Make sure to tag #murakamifilmau with your entry.

The winning entry will receive a $3000 travel voucher to put towards their very own pilgrimage around the world, while two runners-up will score a Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage limited edition print. Winners will be announced on the 12th August 2014.

You can find out all the deets on the Random House website here. Good luck!

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage tells the story of Tsukuru Tazaki (the name’s a bit of a giveaway, I know!). During his school years, Tsukuru had four best friends. Coincidently, all of these friends had colours in their names. Tsukuru was the only one who did not. One day Tsukuru Tazaki’s friends declare that they never want to see or talk to him again. From that very moment, Tsukuru floats through life, unable to form intimate connections with anyone. But then he meets Sara. And she tells him that the time has come to find out what happened all those years ago …

Murakami is like a magician who explains what he’s doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers … But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it’s the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves. – New York Times Book Review

At the start of every semester the Co-op runs an epic competition, one in which students have the chance to show off their brute strength, mental aptitude and ability to eat 17 hotdogs in one minute … oh, wait a minute – sorry, we’re not running that one anymore. But we are running an awesome competition for uni students, one that’s sure to get you excited!

So, if it isn’t hotdog eating, what is it? Well, quite simply, we’re giving students the chance to win back the cost of their textbooks. That’s right – any dosh you spend on textbooks between 1 June and 31 Aug 2014 you could win back in the form of a Co-op voucher (up to the amount of $500)!

There will be five winners in total, which will be announced at the end of the Back to Uni period. But you must be a Member – so join now if you haven’t already, grab the textbooks you need for Semester 2 in-store or online and you’ll be in the draw to win!

If you’re already a Member and you wanna try your luck (why wouldn’t you?), head into one of our stores today or buy your textbooks online now and you will automatically go into the draw.

T&Cs: Purchase your textbooks from 1 June to 31 Aug 2014 and you will go into the draw to be 1 of 5 to win back the cost of them up to the value of $500 in the form of a Co-op gift voucher. Valid for Members only. Click here for full terms and conditions

A big congratulations goes to the winners of our recent Australia Post Survey. The survey saw hundreds of students vote and comment on what Australia Post products and services would benefit their lifestyles as well as the Australia Post services on campus.

Taking the saying “penny for your thoughts” to the next level, lucky participants won a $100 Co-op gift voucher! Congratulations to Michael C., Courtney L., Alice B. and Jessica M.

It’s not an April Fool’s joke, we are really giving you the chance to win a $100 gift card every day in April!!!

Earlier this year you would have seen how we partnered up with ME Bank on a really cool deal – your $25 Co-op membership is getting paid back into an EveryDay Transaction Account with ME Bank and a you get cute dual card that has fab perks like Tap & Go, 5% cashback with PayPass and more! On top of all that, this month we’re giving you the chance to win $100 Co-op gift voucher when you complete your Co-op dual card ME Bank application.

The international best-selling series ‘The Mortal Instruments‘ by Cassandra Clare has followed in the steps of that other little bestseller Twilight and has been turned into a film. The first in the series ‘City of Bones‘ is released this week reveals the world of the Shadowhunters, a dedicated team of peeps who protect and attempt to rid the world of demons.

To celebrate the series and the launch of the movie we’ve got a prize pack of books 1-5 – City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, and City of Lost Souls – to give-away

with two runners up receiving the film-tie-in cover edition of City of Bones

To be in the running all you need to do is in 25 words or less tell us the name of a demon and what it’s power is – the most creative answer will win.

To get you in the mood here’s the trailer for City of Bones the movie: